Bloody Falls of the Coppermine
In the winter of 1913, high in the Canadian Arctic, two Catholic priests set out on a dangerous mission to reach the members of an Inuit community, and convert them. Upon reaching their destination, the priests were murdered. Over the next three years, a tragic story became one of he Arctic’s strangest and most memorable police investigations and trials. A near-perfect parable of late colonialism, as well as a rich exploration of the differences between European Christianity and Indigenous mysticism, Bloody Falls of the Coppermine possesses the intensity of true crime and the romance of wilderness adventure.
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“A haunting and thoughtful account . . . a fascinating slice of forgotten history.”
–USA Today
“Compelling . . . a page-turner of the highest quality . . .This true story, filled with interesting characters interacting in a hostile world, reads like an excellent, mysterious novel.”
–Deseret Morning News
“This is a tale of misunderstanding and cross purposes, and Jenkins tells it well.”
–The Washington Post Book World
“Spellbinding . . . Jenkins [has] the reporter skills of a journalist, the cultural insights of an anthropologist and a spare yet literary style. . . . An adventure of mind-blowing drama.”
–The Vancouver Sun
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